Clothes-line holder for windows



G. P. SIEVERN. Clothes-Line Holder for Windows.

Patented A ril s, I880.

WITNESSES:

IN N TOR ATTORNEYS.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV F. SIEVERN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLOTH ES-LINE HOLDER FOR WINDOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,363, dated April 6, 1880.

Application filed January 27, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV F. SIEVERN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes Line Holders for Windows, of which the following is a specifi-' cation.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the im provement. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish holders for window clothes-lines so constructed that the clothes maybe placed upon and removed from the lines without its being necessary for the operators to lean out of the window.

A represents the frame of a window. B is the upper sash, and O is the lower sash. To the window-frame A, a little below the upper sash, B, are secured two sockets, D, to receive the ends of a cross-bar, E. One or both the sockets D may be slotted upon the upper side, so that the cross-bar E can be readily removed when desired. The ends of the cross-bar E are secured in the slotted sockets D by pins, to prevent them from coming out accidentally while the elothesline is in use.

To the center of the cross-bar E is pivoted the center of a cross-bar, F, to the ends of which are attached pulleys G, around which passes the clothes-line H. The clothes-line H also passes around a pulley, I, attached to a -pole or other suitable support.

To the middle part of the outer side of the bottom rail of the upper sash, B, is attached a notched or forked block, J, to receive the upper arm of the cross-bar F, to prevent the said cross-bar from turning upon its pivot while the clothes-line is in use.

To the lower end of the cross-bar F is hinged a hasp, K, the free end of which is bent outward and has a hole formed in it to receive a pin, L, attachedltothe window-sill, to hold the cross-bar E from turning in its sockets D 5 while the clothes-line is in use.

When the clothes are to be placed upon or removed from the line H, the hasp Kis raised from the pin L, and the lower end of the crossbar F is drawn inward, bringingit into a horizontal position, as shown. in Fig. 2, the crossbar E turning in its socket D, so that the clothes can be placed upon and removed from the line H without its being necessary to lean out of the window.

The crossbar F is held in a horizontalv position while the clothes are being placed upon and removed from the line H by the hook M, attached to the cross-bar F, and which hooks into an eye or staple, N, attached to the bottom bar of the lower sash, O, as shown in Fig. 2.

The sash O is held from being drawn down by the strain upon the crossbar F by pins 0, inserted in holes in the casing A, below the bottom rail of the sash O, or by other suitable fastenings.

If desired, the pulleys G may be made detachable, so that they may be detached from the said cross-bar F and hung upon hooks attached to the side of the building, allowing the cross-bars E F to be removed from the window when the clothes-line is not in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In a window clothes-line holder, the combination, with the window frame A and the clothes-line H, of the pivoted bars E F, the sockets D, and the pulleys G, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the lower end of the cross-bar E and a part of the clothes-line H may be swung in through the window, as set forth.

GUSTAV F.. SIEVERN.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, (J. SEDGWIOK. 

